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| honey bee superorganism: Bees as Superorganisms Robin Moritz, Edward E. Southwick, 2012-12-06 The honeybee (Apis melli/era L. ) is one of the better studied organisms on this planet. There are plenty of books on the biology of the honeybee for all, the scientist, the beekeeper, and the layman. In view of this flood of publications one is tempted to ask: why does it require another one? The answer is simple: a new one is not required and we do not intend to present a new book on the honeybee. This would really just add some more inches to the already overloaded bookshelf without sub stantial new information. Instead, we intend to present a book on the honeybee colony. This of course immediately releases the next question: so what is the difference? Although the difference may look insignificant at first glance, we try to guide the reader with a fundamentally different approach through the biology of honeybees and eusocial insect societies in general. The biology of individual colony members is only addressed when it is necessary to explain colonial mechanisms, and the colonyas a whole, as a biological unit, which is the main focus of this treatise. Both of us felt that all current textbooks on bee biology put too much emphasis on the individual worker, queen or drone in the colony. Often it is com pletely neglected that the colony is a very significant (if not the most significant) biological structure in bee biology. |
| honey bee superorganism: The Buzz about Bees Jürgen Tautz, 2008-04-30 Tis book, already translated into ten languages, may at frst sight appear to be just about honeybees and their biology. It c- tains, however, a number of deeper messages related to some of the most basic and important principles of modern biology. Te bees are merely the actors that take us into the realm of phys- ology, genetics, reproduction, biophysics and learning, and that introduce us to the principles of natural selection underlying the evolution of simple to complex life forms. Te book destroys the cute notion of bees as anthropomorphic icons of busy self-sacr -i fcing individuals and presents us with the reality of the colony as an integrated and independent being—a “superorganism”—with its own, almost eerie, emergent group intelligence. We are s- prised to learn that no single bee, from queen through drone to sterile worker, has the oversight or control over the colony. - stead, through a network of integrated control systems and fee- backs, and communication between individuals, the colony - rives at consensus decisions from the bottom up through a type of “swarm intelligence”. Indeed, there are remarkable parallels between the functional organization of a swarming honeybee colony and vertebrate brains. |
| honey bee superorganism: Honey Bee Medicine for the Veterinary Practitioner Terry Ryan Kane, Cynthia M. Faux, 2021-05-11 An essential guide to the health care of honey bees Honey Bee Medicine for the Veterinary Practitioner offers an authoritative guide to honey bee health and hive management. Designed for veterinarians and other professionals, the book presents information useful for answering commonly asked questions and for facilitating hive examinations. The book covers a wide range of topics including basic husbandry, equipment and safety, anatomy, genetics, the diagnosis and management of disease. It also includes up to date information on Varroa and other bee pests, introduces honey bee pharmacology and toxicology, and addresses native bee ecology. This new resource: Offers a guide to veterinary care of honey bees Provides information on basic husbandry, examination techniques, nutrition, and more Discusses how to successfully handle questions and 'hive calls' Includes helpful photographs, line drawings, tables, and graphs Written for veterinary practitioners, veterinary students, veterinary technicians, scientists, and apiarists, Honey Bee Medicine for the Veterinary Practitioner is a comprehensive and practical book on honey bee health. |
| honey bee superorganism: Honeybee Democracy Thomas D. Seeley, 2010-09-20 How honeybees make collective decisions—and what we can learn from this amazing democratic process Honeybees make decisions collectively—and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that includes collective fact-finding, vigorous debate, and consensus building. In fact, as world-renowned animal behaviorist Thomas Seeley reveals, these incredible insects have much to teach us when it comes to collective wisdom and effective decision making. A remarkable and richly illustrated account of scientific discovery, Honeybee Democracy brings together, for the first time, decades of Seeley's pioneering research to tell the amazing story of house hunting and democratic debate among the honeybees. In the late spring and early summer, as a bee colony becomes overcrowded, a third of the hive stays behind and rears a new queen, while a swarm of thousands departs with the old queen to produce a daughter colony. Seeley describes how these bees evaluate potential nest sites, advertise their discoveries to one another, engage in open deliberation, choose a final site, and navigate together—as a swirling cloud of bees—to their new home. Seeley investigates how evolution has honed the decision-making methods of honeybees over millions of years, and he considers similarities between the ways that bee swarms and primate brains process information. He concludes that what works well for bees can also work well for people: any decision-making group should consist of individuals with shared interests and mutual respect, a leader's influence should be minimized, debate should be relied upon, diverse solutions should be sought, and the majority should be counted on for a dependable resolution. An impressive exploration of animal behavior, Honeybee Democracy shows that decision-making groups, whether honeybee or human, can be smarter than even the smartest individuals in them. |
| honey bee superorganism: The Welfare of Invertebrate Animals Claudio Carere, Jennifer Mather, 2019-07-02 This book is devoted to the welfare of invertebrates, which make up 99% of animal species on earth. Addressing animal welfare, we do not often think of invertebrates; in fact we seldom consider them to be deserving of welfare evaluation. And yet we should. Welfare is a broad concern for any animal that we house, control or utilize – and we utilize invertebrates a lot. The Authors start with an emphasis on the values of non-vertebrate animals and discuss the need for a book on the present topic. The following chapters focus on specific taxa, tackling questions that are most appropriate to each one. What is pain in crustaceans, and how might we prevent it? How do we ensure that octopuses are not bored? What do bees need to thrive, pollinate our plants and give us honey? Since invertebrates have distinct personalities and some social animals have group personalities, how do we consider this? And, as in the European Union’s application of welfare consideration to cephalopods, how do the practical regulatory issues play out? We have previously relegated invertebrates to the category ‘things’ and did not worry about their treatment. New research suggest that some invertebrates such as cephalopods and crustaceans can have pain and suffering, might also have consciousness and awareness. Also, good welfare is going to mean different things to spiders, bees, corals, etc. This book is taking animal welfare in a very different direction. Academics and students of animal welfare science, those who keep invertebrates for scientific research or in service to the goals of humans, as well as philosophers will find this work thought-provoking, instructive and informative. |
| honey bee superorganism: Honeybee Neurobiology and Behavior C. Giovanni Galizia, Dorothea Eisenhardt, Martin Giurfa, 2011-11-25 The book is a sequel of a similar book, edited by Randolf Menzel and Alison Mercer, “Neurobiology and Behavior of Honeybees”, published in 1987. It is a “Festschrift” for the 70th birthday of Randolf Menzel, who devoted his life to the topic of the book. The book will include an open commentary for each section written by Randolf Menzel, and discussed with the authors. The written contributions take their inspiration from a symposium on the topic, with all the authors, that was held in Berlin in summer 2010 |
| honey bee superorganism: The Superorganism Bert Holldobler, Edward O Wilson, 2009 The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of The Ants render the extraordinary lives of the social insects--ants, bees, wasps, and termites--in this visually spectacular volume. 110 color and 100 black-and-white illustrations. |
| honey bee superorganism: The Beeing Eric Tourneret, Sylla de Saint Pierre, Jurgen. Tautz, 2021-10-30 From the authors of Honey From the Earth comes another amazing celebration of honey bees and their mysteries. Joining forces with the world-renowned bee scientist Jurgen Tautz, the authors share an insider¿s view of the workings of the bee colony - totally mesmerizing both in terms of the photography and the extensive cutting-edge commentary. In 251 pages and over 150 detailed photographs, The Beeing covers all aspects of bees¿ lives: physiology, colony organization, foraging strategies, nest architecture, bee intelligence, reproduction, and much more. You will discover the most up-to-date knowledge on the functioning of the colony, insights into beekeeping practices, and the challenges bees face today - all written in an easy-to-understand non-technical language. |
| honey bee superorganism: The Wisdom of the Hive Thomas D Seeley, 2009-06-30 This book describes and illustrates the results of more than fifteen years of elegant experimental studies conducted by the author to investigate how a colony of bees is organized to gather its resources. The results of his research--including studies of the shaking signal, tremble dance, and waggle dance--offer the clearest, most detailed picture available of how a highly integrated animal society works. |
| honey bee superorganism: The Art of the Bee Robert E. Page Jr., 2020-07-24 The impact of bees on our world is immeasurable. Bees are responsible for the evolution of the vast array of brightly colored flowers and for engineering the niches of multitudes of plants, animals, and microbes. They've painted our landscapes with flowers through their pollination activities, and they have evolved the most complex societies to aid their exploitation of the environment. The parallels between human and insect societies have been explored by countless sociobiologists. Traditional texts present stratified layers of knowledge where the reader excavates levels of biological organization, each building on the last. In this book, Robert E. Page, Jr., delves deep into the evolutionary history and the sociality of bees. He presents fundamental biology-not in layers, but wrapped around interesting themes and concepts, and in ways designed to explore and understand each concept. Page uses the social contract as a way to examine the complex social system of bee societies, a contract that has been written over millions of years of social evolution on the fabric of DNA. The book examines the coevolution of bees and flowering plants, bees as engineers of the environment, the evolution of sociality, the honey bee as a superorganism and how it evolves, and the mating behavior of the queen. The resulting book explores the ways human societies and bee colonies are similar-not from a common ancestry with shared genes for sociality, but from shared fundamentals of political philosophy. |
| honey bee superorganism: Bees, Wasps, and Ants Eric Grissell, 2010-01-01 Explores the biology, importance of, and methods of encouragement of bees, wasps, and ants found in a garden. |
| honey bee superorganism: The Tears of Re Gene Kritsky, 2015-10-08 According to Egyptian mythology, when the ancient Egyptian sun god Re cried, his tears turned into honey bees upon touching the ground. For this reason, the honey bee was sacrosanct in ancient Egyptian culture. From the art depicting bees on temple walls to the usage of beeswax as a healing ointment, the honey bee was a pervasive cultural motif in ancient Egypt because of its connection to the sun god Re. Gene Kritsky delivers a concise introduction of the relationship between the honey bee and ancient Egyptian culture, through the lenses of linguistics, archeology, religion, health, and economics. Kritsky delves into ancient Egypt's multifaceted society, and traces the importance of the honey bee in everything from death rituals to trade. In doing so, Kritsky brings new evidence to light of how advanced and fascinating the ancient Egyptians were. This richly illustrated work appeals to a broad range of interests. For archeology lovers, Kritsky delves into the archeological evidence of Egyptian beekeeping and discusses newly discovered tombs, as well as evidence of manmade hives. Linguists will be fascinated by Kritsky's discussion of the first documented written evidence of the honeybee hieroglyph. And anyone interested in ancient Egypt or ancient cultures in general will be intrigued by Kritsky's treatment of the first documented beekeepers. This book provides a unique social commentary of a community so far removed from modern humans chronologically speaking, and yet so fascinating because of the stunning advances their society made. Beekeeping is the latest evidence of how ahead of their times the Egyptians were, and the ensuing narrative is as captivating as every other aspect of ancient Egyptian culture. |
| honey bee superorganism: The Lives of Bees Thomas D. Seeley, 2019-05-28 Seeley, a world authority on honey bees, sheds light on why wild honey bees are still thriving while those living in managed colonies are in crisis. Drawing on the latest science as well as insights from his own pioneering fieldwork, he describes in extraordinary detail how honey bees live in nature and shows how this differs significantly from their lives under the management of beekeepers. Seeley presents an entirely new approach to beekeeping--Darwinian Beekeeping--which enables honey bees to use the toolkit of survival skills their species has acquired over the past thirty million years, and to evolve solutions to the new challenges they face today. He shows beekeepers how to use the principles of natural selection to guide their practices, and he offers a new vision of how beekeeping can better align with the natural habits of honey bees. |
| honey bee superorganism: Honeybee Ecology Thomas D. Seeley, 2025-03-11 From the acclaimed author of Honeybee Democracy, a classic account of the ecological factors that shape the social lives of honeybees For many years, research on honeybee social life dealt primarily with the physiological processes underlying the social system of the bee rather than the ecological factors that have shaped its societies. Thomas Seeley’s landmark book unites the two approaches, emphasizing ecological studies of honeybee social behavior while also offering fresh perspectives on honeybee behavior and communication. It covers a broad range of topics, from adaptiveness of worker sterility and the economics of nest construction to information-center foraging, individual versus colony level selection, sex ratio evolution, colonial thermoregulation, evolution of colony defense, and adaptive radiation in colony design. Honeybee Ecology presents honeybees as a model system for investigating advanced social life among insects from an evolutionary perspective. |
| honey bee superorganism: Honeybee Nests H.R. Hepburn, C.W.W. Pirk, O. Duangphakdee, 2014-02-21 This work, a sequel to Honeybees and Wax published nearly 30 years ago, starts with a brief introduction and discussion of nesting sites, their spaces and densities, self-organization of nest contents, and interspecific utilization of beeswax. The following chapters cover communication by vibrations and scents and wax secretion, and discuss the queen in relation to the combs. Discussions on completed nests include the significance of brood, the roles of pollen and nectar flow, and comb-building, and are followed by a triad of related chapters on the construction of cells and combs and their energetic costs. An in-depth examination of the conversion of wax scales into combs, the material properties of scale and comb waxes, and the wax gland complex are presented. The next chapters are devoted to a comprehensive analysis of the literature on the chemistry and synthesis of beeswax, and, finally, the material properties of honeybee silk are highlighted. |
| honey bee superorganism: The Honey Factory Jürgen Tautz, Diedrich Steen, 2018-09-03 Bee hives might look like seething anarchy at first glance, but bees know exactly what they are doing. The universe of the beehive is an intricately organised, delicately balanced ecosystem. From the mighty queen to the lowliest worker bees, each bee plays its part in the whole. The Honey Factory plunges the reader into the invisible life of a bee colony and reveals the secrets of this fascinating world. How do worker bees come to a collective decision? What does the honeybees’ waggling dance communicate? What provokes the sexual excesses of the young queen bee? And why is the precious relationship between humans and bees a matter of species survival? Combining the most fascinating scientific discoveries and greatest secrets in bee research, The Honey Factory answers these questions and more. |
| honey bee superorganism: The Biology of the Honey Bee Mark L. Winston, 1991-04-01 This book not only reviews the basic aspects of social behavior, ecology, anatomy, physiology, and genetics, it also summarizes major controversies in contemporary honey bee research, such as the importance of kin recognition in the evolution of social behavior and the role of the well-known dance language in honey bee communication. |
| honey bee superorganism: Bad Beekeeping Ron Miksha, 2004 A million pounds of honey. Produced by a billion bees! This memoir reconstructs the life of a young man from Pennsylvania as he drops into the bald prairie badlands of southern Saskatchewan. He buys a honey ranch and keeps the bees that make the honey. But he also spends winters in Florida swamps, nurse-maid to ten thousand dainty queen bees. From the dusty Canadian prairie to the thick palmetto swamps of the American south, the reader meets with simple folks who shape the protagonist's character - including a Cree rancher with three sons playing NHL hockey, a Hutterite preacher who yearns to roam the globe, a reclusive bee-eating homesteader, and a grey-headed widow who grows grapefruit, plays a nasty game of scrabble, and lives with four vicious dogs. Encompassing a ten-year period, this true story evolves from the earnest inexperience of the young man as he learns an art and builds a business. Carefully researched natural biology runs counterpoint to human social activities. Bee craft serves as the setting for expositions that contrast American and Canadian lifestyles, while exemplifying the harsh reality of a man working with and against the physical environment. |
| honey bee superorganism: Comparative Social Evolution Dustin R. Rubenstein, Patrick Abbot, 2017-03-24 Darwin famously described special difficulties in explaining social evolution in insects. More than a century later, the evolution of sociality - defined broadly as cooperative group living - remains one of the most intriguing problems in biology. Providing a unique perspective on the study of social evolution, this volume synthesizes the features of animal social life across the principle taxonomic groups in which sociality has evolved. The chapters explore sociality in a range of species, from ants to primates, highlighting key natural and life history data and providing a comparative view across animal societies. In establishing a single framework for a common, trait-based approach towards social synthesis, this volume will enable graduate students and investigators new to the field to systematically compare taxonomic groups and reinvigorate comparative approaches to studying animal social evolution. |
| honey bee superorganism: Caste Differentiation in Social Insects J. A. L. Watson, B. M. Okot-Kotber, Ch. Noirot, 2014-04-24 In more detail than has previously been available, this book comprehensively covers all the various mechanisms of caste differentiation in social insects. For the first time the most recent information regarding mechanisms of caste differentiation in higher termites has been compiled in a well illustrated volume, together with comparative discussion of the whole range of social insects, including bees, ants and wasps. |
| honey bee superorganism: The Hot-blooded Insects Bernd Heinrich, 1993 Heinrich, author of Bumblebee Ecology (Harvard, 1979) presents an overview of what is now known about thermoregulation in all of the major insect groups, illustrated by his own detailed sketches. By describing the environmental opportunities and challenges faced by moths and butterflies, grasshoppers and locusts, dungball rollers and other beetles, a wide range of bees, and other insects, Heinrich explains their remarkable variety of physiological and behavioral adaptations to what, for them, is a world of violent extremes of temperature. A must for biologists, but also accessible to informed readers interested in general science. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
| honey bee superorganism: Song of Increase Jacqueline Freeman, 2016-09-01 The most joyful emanation produced by a colony of bees is known as the “song of increase”—declaring that the hive is flourishing and the bees are happy in its abundance. Song of Increase takes us inside the world of the honeybee to glean the wisdom of these fascinating creatures with whom humanity has shared a sacred bond for millennia. Within these pages is a bee-centric approach to living with honeybees, rather than advice for simply maximizing the products they provide. Jacqueline Freeman takes us beyond traditional beekeeping and offers a way to work in harmony with honeybees for both their good and ours. “Our way is one of kind observation,” she explains, “where we create supportive homes and fields for bees to live in, as well as tend the heartfelt relationships we form by being together.” Song of Increase focuses on hidden aspects of apiculture that lead us naturally to more sustainable practices. Freeman illuminates the unity consciousness that guides every action in the colony and how this profound awareness can influence the way we see both the natural world and ourselves. Each chapter presents a wealth of information about the life of bees, including Freeman’s personal insights and direct teachings received from the bees themselves. |
| honey bee superorganism: Honey Bee Medicine for the Veterinary Practitioner Terry Ryan Kane, Cynthia M. Faux, 2021-01-22 Ein unerlässliches Referenzwerk für die Gesunderhaltung von Honigbienen. Honey Bee Medicine for Veterinary Practitioners ist ein zuverlässiger Leitfaden für die Gesunderhaltung von Honigbienen und des Bienenstocks. Dieses Fachbuch für Veterinärmediziner und weitere Experten bietet nützliche Informationen, Antworten auf häufige Fragen und erleichtert die Untersuchung des Bienenstocks. Behandelt werden eine Vielzahl von Themen, von den Grundlagen der Haltung, Ausrüstung und Sicherheit über Anatomie und Genetik bis hin zu Diagnose und Management von Krankheiten. Aktuelle Informationen zur Varroa-Milbe und anderen Bienenschädlingen werden präsentiert, ebenso eine Einführung zur Pharmakologie und Toxikologie bei Bienen und zur Ökologie einheimischer Bienen. Inhalte des neuen Referenzwerks: - Leitfaden zur veterinärmedizinischen Betreuung von Honigbienen. - Informationen zu den Grundlagen der Haltung, zu Untersuchung, Verfahren, Fütterung u.v.m. - Erfolgreicher Umgang mit Fragen und ?Notfällen?. - Mit nützlichen Fotos, Zeichnungen, Tabellen und Grafiken. Das Fachbuch richtet sich an Veterinärmediziner, Studenten der Veterinärmedizin, Veterinärtechniker, Wissenschaftler und Bienenkundler. Honey Bee Medicine for the Veterinary Practioner ist ein praxisorientiertes und umfassendes Nachschlagewerk über die Gesunderhaltung von Honigbienen. |
| honey bee superorganism: The Spirit of the Hive Robert E. Page Jr., 2013-06-17 How can 40,000 bees working in the dark, by instinct alone, construct a honey comb? Synthesizing decades of experiments, The Spirit of the Hive presents the genetic and physiological mechanisms underlying the division of labor in honey bee colonies and explains how it is an inevitable product of group living, evolving over millions of years. |
| honey bee superorganism: What Bees Want: Beekeeping as Nature Intended Susan Knilans, Jacqueline Freeman, 2022-02-22 Bee populations are plummeting. The solution? Give them what they need to live naturally, and they’ll handle the rest. Susan Knilans and Jacqueline Freeman are in love with bees. So in love that they observe their bees—their work, communication, seasonal activity, and more—for hours each day. And with observation came realization: when bees are allowed to live as they would in nature (with smaller hives, no chemicals, freedom to swarm, and little-to-no human interference), they will thrive. Accordingly, Knilans and Freeman have spent decades perfecting the revolutionary practice of preservation beekeeping, guided by the simple question, “What do the bees want?” A surprising page-turner, this instructional book tells the story of their successes and failures, demonstrating what was learned along the way. Sharing preservation beekeeping’s key tenets, the authors provide concrete, simple ways to implement their approach, from finding the right hive location to honing observation skills. This preservation manifesto is a vital addition to any beekeeper’s library, imparting all the joys of a beekeeper's life. |
| honey bee superorganism: Insect Growth Disruptors Tarlochan S. Dhadialla, 2012-11-29 Advances in Insect Physiology is committed to publishing volumes containing comprehensive and in-depth reviews on all aspects of insect physiology. First published in 1963, these volumes are an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists, insect neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists and insect biochemists. This volume is themed on small RNAs and RNAi in insects. Contains comprehensive and in-depth reviews. Essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists, insect neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists and insect biochemists. This volume is themed on small RNAs and RNAi in insects. |
| honey bee superorganism: Honeybee Veterinary Medicine Nicolas Vidal-Naquet, 2015 Honeybees are an essential part of farming and the wider ecosystem. Since the middle of the 1990s bee populations around the world have suffered dramatic decline through diseases, intoxication, and unknown causes. Veterinarians have had little training in bee health but as the situation continues, qualified animal health professionals and, in particular, veterinarians are being required to become involved as new dangers threaten honeybee health everywhere because of global apiculture trade and exchanges of honeybees, products of the hive and beekeeping material such as Aethina tumida (the small hive beetle - a beekeeping pest) introduced in Italy in 2014 or the mite Tropilaelaps spp (parasitic mites of honeybees). This book will provide an overview of bee biology, the bee in the wider environment, intoxication, bee diseases, bee parasites (with a large part dedicated to the mite Varroa destructor) pests, enemies, and veterinary treatment and actions relating to honeybee health. The book will also cover current topics such as climate change, crop pollination, use of phytosanitary products, antibiotic resistance, and Colony Collapse Disorder. While aimed at veterinary practitioners, students and veterinarians involved in apiculture and bee health (officials, researchers, laboratory veterinarians, biologists...), the book can also be beneficial to beekeepers, beekeeping stakeholders, animal health and environmental organisations. |
| honey bee superorganism: Honey Bee Colony Health Diana Sammataro, Jay A. Yoder, 2011-11-17 This book summarizes the current progress of bee researchers investigating the status of honey bees and possible reasons for their decline, providing a basis for establishing management methods that maintain colony health. Integrating discussion of Colony Collapse Disorder, the chapters provide information on the new microsporidian Nosema ceranae pathogens, the current status of the parasitic bee mites, updates on bee viruses, and the effects these problems are having on our important bee pollinators. The text also presents methods for diagnosing diseases and includes color illustrations and tables. |
| honey bee superorganism: The Social Insects William Morton Wheeler, 1928 |
| honey bee superorganism: Honey Bee Social Evolution Keith S. Delaplane, 2024-11-19 What the honey bee can teach us about evolution—and ourselves. How did the honey bee evolve into the complex colonial species that exists today—and what does its evolution have to teach us about our own species? In Honey Bee Social Evolution, entomologist Keith Delaplane uses the humble but charismatic honey bee as a model of social evolution to highlight the many parallels a social insect colony shares with humans and other organisms. Delaplane shows how social processes drive evolution—for honey bee colonies, humans, and other animals. Each chapter spotlights a honey bee colony-level function such as group-level reproduction, task differentiation among cells, group decision-making, social immunity, defense behavior, senescence, anarchy, cancer, and more—all with stunning parallels to those of other organisms. These vivid comparisons, grounded in a practical context, emphasize how natural selection uses a common tool kit to solve similar problems across lineages. By revealing the complex hive of similarities between the honey bee's society and our own, Delaplane hopes to instill an ethos of solidarity with all organic life. The honey bee colony shows how evolution is more than selfish survival of the fittest, but equally a story of the success of cooperation and altruism. |
| honey bee superorganism: QueenSpotting Hilary Kearney, 2019-04-30 At the heart of every bee hive is a queen bee. Since her well-being is linked to the well-being of the entire colony, the ability to find her among the residents of the hive is an essential beekeeping skill. In QueenSpotting, experienced beekeeper and professional “swarm catcher” Hilary Kearney challenges readers to “spot the queen” with 48 fold-out visual puzzles — vivid up-close photos of the queen hidden among her many subjects. QueenSpotting celebrates the unique, fascinating life of the queen bee and chronicles royal hive happenings such as The Virgin Death Match, The Nuptual Flight — when the queen mates with a cloud of male drones high in the air — and the dramatic Exodus of the Swarm from the hive. Readers will thrill at Kearney’s adventures in capturing these swarms from the strange places they settle, including a Jet Ski, a couch, a speed boat, and an owl’s nesting box. Fascinating, fun, and instructive, backyard beekeepers and nature lovers alike will find reason to return to the pages again and again. |
| honey bee superorganism: Organization of Insect Societies Jürgen Gadau, Jennifer Fewell, 2009-02-28 In this landmark volume, an international group of scientists has synthesized their collective expertise and insight into a newly unified vision of insect societies and what they can reveal about how sociality has arisen as an evolutionary strategy. Jürgen Gadau and Jennifer Fewell have assembled leading researchers from the fields of molecular biology, evolutionary genetics, neurophysiology, behavioral ecology, and evolutionary theory to reexamine the question of sociality in insects. Recent advances in social complexity theory and the sequencing of the honeybee genome ensure that this book will be valued by anyone working on sociality in insects. At the same time, the theoretical ideas presented will be of broad-ranging significance to those interested in social evolution and complex systems. |
| honey bee superorganism: The Life of the Bee Maurice Maeterlinck, 1901 |
| honey bee superorganism: Insects at Low Temperature Richard Lee, 2012-12-06 The study of insects at low temperature is a comparatively new field. Only recently has insect cryobiology begun to mature, as research moves from a descriptive approach to a search for underlying mechanisms at diverse levels of organization ranging from the gene and cell to ecological and evolutionary relationships. Knowledge of insect responses to low temperature is crucial for understanding the biology of insects living in seasonally varying habitats as well as in polar regions. It is not possible to precisely define low temperature. In the tropics exposure to 10-15°C may induce chill coma or death, whereas some insects in temperate and polar regions remain active and indeed even able to fly at O°C or below. In contrast, for persons interested in cryopreservation, low temperature may mean storage in liquid nitrogen at - 196°C. In the last decade, interest in adaptations of invertebrates to low temperature has risen steadily. In part, this book had its origins in a symposium on this subject that was held at the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Louisville, Kentucky, USA in December, 1988. However, the emergence and growth of this area has also been strongly influenced by an informal group of investigators who met in a series of symposia held in Oslo, Norway in 1982, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in 1985 and in Cambridge, England in 1988. Another is scheduled for Binghamton, New York, USA (1990). |
| honey bee superorganism: We the People John Buck, Sharon Villines, 2017-09 Sociocracy uses cybernetics and the study of biological systems to design organizations that are powerful, self-organizing, and self-correcting. Democracy promises the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but in practice, only to the majority or the rich. Sociocracy ensures these rights for everyone.We the People explains how. |
| honey bee superorganism: Complexity: A Very Short Introduction John H. Holland, 2014-07-24 The importance of complexity is well-captured by Hawking's comment: Complexity is the science of the 21st century. From the movement of flocks of birds to the Internet, environmental sustainability, and market regulation, the study and understanding of complex non-linear systems has become highly influential over the last 30 years. In this Very Short Introduction, one of the leading figures in the field, John Holland, introduces the key elements and conceptual framework of complexity. From complex physical systems such as fluid flow and the difficulties of predicting weather, to complex adaptive systems such as the highly diverse and interdependent ecosystems of rainforests, he combines simple, well-known examples — Adam Smith's pin factory, Darwin's comet orchid, and Simon's 'watchmaker' — with an account of the approaches, involving agents and urn models, taken by complexity theory. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. |
| honey bee superorganism: Supplemental Feeding of Honey Bee Colonies , 1978 |
| honey bee superorganism: The Bee Book DK, 2016-03-01 The Bee Book shows you step-by-step how to create a bee-friendly garden, get started in beekeeping, and harness the power of honey for well-being. Fully illustrated with full-color photographs throughout, this beautiful guide covers everything you need to know to start your own backyard hive, from setup to harvest. Practical beekeeping techniques are explained with clear step-by-step sequences, photos, and diagrams so you'll be prepared to establish your own colony, deal with diseases, collect a swarm, and much more. A comprehensive gardening chapter features planting plans to fill container and border gardens, bee hotel and habitat projects, and an at-a-glance flower gallery of bees' favorite plants. The Bee Book also shows you how to harvest honey, beeswax, and propolis from the hive and use these ingredients in 38 recipes for home remedies, beauty treatments, and candle-making. Discover the wonder of bees in nature, in your garden, and in the hive with The Bee Book. |
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Jul 8, 2023 · Both honey and sugar will affect your blood sugar level. Honey is sweeter than granulated sugar, so you might use a smaller amount of honey for sugar in some recipes. But …
what size filter do you use to strain your honey?
May 31, 2019 · The strainer sits atop a 5-gallon bucked with a honey gate. After straining, I let the honey sit overnight. Debris that was too small to be strained out the day before floats to the …
Weight of Honey for selling - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Aug 29, 2017 · The generally accepted conversion of honey from US fl oz (volume) to US oz (weight) is to multiply by 1.5. So, a pint jar filled with honey should be labeled as 24 US oz, or …
Honey strainer | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Mar 17, 2012 · Honey will go through the 200 micron filter like water if you get it up to 95-100 degrees. I just set my buckets in the deep sink and run it full of hot water from the water heater …
Deep Verses Medium Honey Super | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Apr 5, 2025 · A deep 10 frame box packed with honey can hold 80 plus pounds. A medium 10 frame packed is still less than 50 lbs, often around 40 lbs or less. I use old coragated nuc …
ApiVar Treatment and honey super Q - Beesource Beekeeping …
Feb 9, 2016 · This point is recommended by good apicultural practices to treat outside exploited honey flow periods to guarantee honey quality. However, it is relevant to add that the presence …
Bad honey? Honey separated, the crystalized part is...
Mar 21, 2020 · The top tastes light honey but smells sour, and pours easily. The bottom tastes like honey and appears to be crystalized. No sour wine smell. It won’t flow, even in our 95 degree …
Honey - Mayo Clinic
Aug 10, 2023 · Honey is likely safe for use as a natural sweetener, cough suppressant, and topical product for minor sores and wounds. Avoid giving honey — even a tiny taste — to babies under …
Honey B Gone - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Mar 13, 2014 · I started using "Honey Bandit" from Mann Lake and really like it. No bad smell and it's effective. The label says "all food grade ingredients," which may not be all natural--I don't know. …
Honey: An effective cough remedy? - Mayo Clinic
Nov 5, 2024 · Since honey is safe for people over age 1 year, it might be worth a try. Children ages 1 and older can be given 0.5 to 1 teaspoon (2.5 to 5 milliliters) of honey to treat a cough. The …
Diabetes foods: Can I substitute honey for sugar? - Mayo Clinic
Jul 8, 2023 · Both honey and sugar will affect your blood sugar level. Honey is sweeter than granulated sugar, so you might use a smaller amount of honey for sugar in some recipes. But …
what size filter do you use to strain your honey?
May 31, 2019 · The strainer sits atop a 5-gallon bucked with a honey gate. After straining, I let the honey sit overnight. Debris that was too small to be strained out the day before floats to the top. …
Weight of Honey for selling - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Aug 29, 2017 · The generally accepted conversion of honey from US fl oz (volume) to US oz (weight) is to multiply by 1.5. So, a pint jar filled with honey should be labeled as 24 US oz, or 1.5 …
Honey strainer | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Mar 17, 2012 · Honey will go through the 200 micron filter like water if you get it up to 95-100 degrees. I just set my buckets in the deep sink and run it full of hot water from the water heater …
Deep Verses Medium Honey Super | Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Apr 5, 2025 · A deep 10 frame box packed with honey can hold 80 plus pounds. A medium 10 frame packed is still less than 50 lbs, often around 40 lbs or less. I use old coragated nuc transport …
ApiVar Treatment and honey super Q - Beesource Beekeeping …
Feb 9, 2016 · This point is recommended by good apicultural practices to treat outside exploited honey flow periods to guarantee honey quality. However, it is relevant to add that the presence …
Bad honey? Honey separated, the crystalized part is...
Mar 21, 2020 · The top tastes light honey but smells sour, and pours easily. The bottom tastes like honey and appears to be crystalized. No sour wine smell. It won’t flow, even in our 95 degree …
